Cunliffe Road, Ilkley

A spacious and immaculately presented one bedroom retirement apartment, set within a charming period building and enjoying access to excellent residents’ facilities including a communal lounge, laundry room, residents’ parking and beautifully maintained communal gardens. Ideally suited to those aged 55 and over, the apartment offers comfortable, low-maintenance living in a highly convenient setting.

The immaculately presented accommodation includes a welcoming and spacious private entrance hall with useful storage cupboard, a generous lounge opening into a well-appointed, contemporary kitchen, a beautifully presented double bedroom and a great-sized, modern shower room. The property benefits from a bright and airy atmosphere courtesy of the high ceilings and large windows, which offer a pleasant, leafy aspect.
Ilkley is a thriving and historic Yorkshire town, beautifully positioned within the unspoilt countryside of Wharfedale and renowned for its impressive scenery, riverside walks and access to Ilkley Moor. The town offers an excellent range of high-quality shops, restaurants, cafés, traditional pubs and everyday amenities, including supermarkets, a health centre, library, theatre and cinema. There are also superb sporting and social facilities, including Ilkley Lido, rugby, tennis, golf, cricket, hockey and football clubs. For commuters, Ilkley railway station provides regular services to Leeds and Bradford, with onward connections to London King’s Cross, while Leeds Bradford Airport lies just over 11 miles away.

The accommodation benefits from GAS FIRED CENTRAL HEATING and with approximate room sizes comprises as follows:

Ground Floor -

Communal Entrance - A covered entrance with secure double doors opening into the communal entrance hall. Stairs and lift lead to the upper floors. Access to residents' lounge, kitchen and laundry room.

Private Entrance Hall - A solid, timber entrance door opens into the great-sized, welcoming hall of Apartment 3, where doors lead to the principal rooms. Coving, carpeted flooring, a radiator and a useful storage cupboard for hanging coats and shoes. This is an ideal environment in which to greet family and friends and sets the tone for the spacious accommodation to follow.

Lounge - 4.7 x 4.0 (15'5" x 13'1") - A generous and inviting lounge, filled with natural light by a large sash window with secondary glazing affording a lovely open aspect and offering ample space for both sitting and dining areas. Features include a wall-mounted entry phone system, carpeted flooring, two radiators, attractive wall lighting and TV point.

Kitchen / Diner - 3.1 x 2.3 (10'2" x 7'6") - Leading from the lounge, the beautifully presented kitchen is fitted with a range of contemporary, white base and wall units, complemented by stainless-steel handles and laminate work surfaces and splashbacks. Integrated appliances include a combined microwave oven, an induction hob with matching ceramic splashback and stainless-steel chimney hood and extractor over, a fridge freezer and space and plumbing for an under-counter washing machine. Stainless-steel sink with drainer and monobloc tap. A pleasant breakfast bar seating area enjoys views from the large window with secondary glazing, while durable grey, tile effect, vinyl flooring and a radiator complete the room.

Bedroom - 3.9 x 3.1 (12'9" x 10'2") - A lovely, double bedroom with a large window with secondary glazing allowing plenty of natural light and a pleasant, leafy aspect. The room includes coving, carpeted flooring, a radiator, wall lighting, fitted wardrobe and a recessed cupboard. and fitted shelving.

Wc Shower Room - Fitted with a w/c, a pedestal wash hand basin with chrome monobloc tap and a spacious shower enclosure with electric shower, glazed screen, discreet grab rails and fitted fold up seat. The room also includes a useful storage cupboard which houses the water tank. Wall tiling and complementary tile effect, vinyl floor tiles. Coving, extractor fan and towel radiator.

Outside -

Communal Grounds - Residents can enjoy the use of the beautifully maintained, communal grounds.

Parking - There is a communal car park for the use of residents.

Utilities & Services - The property benefits from mains gas, electricity and drainage.
There is Ultrafast Fibre Broadband shown to be available to the property.
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Tenure - We are advised by our vendors that the property is leasehold with the balance of a 99 year lease from 25th November 1998. The vendors are in the process of arranging to extend the current lease. Our clients advise us that the current service charge is £295.57 per month, which includes buildings insurance, cleaning, lighting and decorating of the communal areas, external window cleaning, maintenance and servicing of the lift, gardening and water charges. The day to day management of the development is undertaken by Listers Court Management Company in conjunction with Adair Paxton Chartered Surveyors in Leeds. The next service charge review is in March 2027. The management company own the Freehold and have elected not to pay a ground rent.

We are required by HMRC to undertake Anti Money Laundering checks on all prospective buyers once the purchase price and terms have been agreed. The cost payable by the successful buyer is £42 (inclusive of VAT) per named buyer.
We will undertake a search with Experian for the purposes of verifying your identity. We will also request proof of funding. Please note that the property will not be marked as SSTC (sold subject to contract) until the checks have been satisfactorily completed so we therefore ask buyers for their prompt cooperation so that there is no delay.
An invoice will be issued to you once the sale has been agreed to be paid by bank transfer to Harrison Robinson.